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(Eagle News) – Lawyer Vic Rodriguez has stepped down as Executive Secretary but will stay on as the chief of staff of President Ferdinand Marcos. In a statement, Rodriguez said he has “asked permission to step down as Executive Secretary.” He said that while it has been a “rare privilege” to work as the President’s Executive Secretary, it was a very demanding “24/7 job with myriad topics expected to be attended to every day” that […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Lt. Gen. Andres Centino as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff effective today, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Centino, 54, replaces outgoing chief of staff Jose Faustino Jr., who only served as head of the AFP for about three and a half months. Faustino was appointed on July 31, 2021. Lt. Gen. Centino served as the Commanding General of the Philippine Army and will be […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday, March 27, that he would be on self-quarantine after the country’s armed forces chief of staff tested positive for coronavirus. Lorenzana said that he was informed by Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., himself that he already tested positive for COVID-19. “I shall be on self-quarantine effective today. This morning I was informed by CSAFP Gen Santos […]
(Eagle News)–Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal is the next Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Madrigal, the commander of Eastern Mindanao Command based in Davao City, will assume the post on December 12. He will replace Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr., who is slated to reach the mandatory age of retirement.
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Carlito Galvez visited on Wednesday, June 27, the wake of the policemen killed in the misencounter between policemen and soldiers in Samar on Monday, June 25. The families of P01 Wyndell Noromor, PO1 Edwin Ebrado, PO1 Phil Rey Mendigo, PO1 Julius Suarez, PO1 Rowell Reyes, and PO1 Julie Escalo, who were killed in the incident in Barangay […]
Chief of Staff of the UN Disengagement Observer Force resigned following the standoff and the escape of the Filipino peacekeepers.
